Little and Lion is another brilliantly written book by Brandy Colbert. Pointe revolves around some exceedingly tough issues that the protagonist has to deal with including eating disorders, sexual assault, drug use, post-traumatic stress, and Stockholm syndrome.
Eventually, Theo comes to terms with what had happened and how vulnerable and wrong she was. Like any other lead character, Theo has an exceedingly dark past that she has always kept hidden mainly because she did not know any better. The relationship between Theo and Hosea gives Theo something to think about especially when she is not worrying about ballet and her future. The two become friends and eventually end up being lovers. As Theo tries to put her life together, Hosea, Theo’s schoolmates who also doubles up as a jack-of-all-trades happens to be a faux-prodigy piano player. The book begins as Theo is at a point in her life where she can become an elite dancer, but she has to put hard work and dedication as well. Theo is also keeping an eating disorder check. Despite the fact that Theo might be a driven and exceedingly gifted dancer, she is still a 17-year-old girl who can stand up to bullies with acid remarks, smokes, and drinks with her friends and even had a sexual encounter with an older person when she was only 13 years of age. Colbert has managed to build characters whose struggles, flaws and bad decisions in life make them indelibly memorable and quite realistic as well. Being Brandy Colbert’s debut novel, Pointe is an extraordinary book about dance, which has been, ostensibly intertwined with the aftermath of an abduction.
However, it does not take long before Theo’s life take an unexpected turn when one of her childhood friends resurfaces after disappearing for more than four years. Theo Cartwright has an undying passion for ballet and from the look of things she is headed for greatness. Theo comes from the few black families that reside in a predominantly-white Chicago neighbourhood. Pointe is Brandy Colbert’s debut novel that introduces the readers to Theo Cartwright.
Currently, Brandy Colbert resides in Los Angeles, California. Apart from working as an author, Brandy Colbert also works as a copy editor. In the same year, Brandy Colbert was named as Publisher’s Weekly, Flying Start. Buzz Feed, Publishers Weekly Book Riot, and many others, also named the novel as one of the best books in the year 2014.
Born and raised in Springfield, Brandy Colbert is a well-established author, who is widely known for her masterpiece, Pointe, which emerged the winner during the 2014 Cybils Awards.
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